College student personnel and mental health workers need psycholog
ical-education programs whose effectiveness can be empirically verified.
This report describes such a program in sufficient detail to give profes
sionals a clear model for study and application to their particular popu
lations. Shostrom's (1963) Personal Orientation Inventory, an instrument
specifically designed to measure growth during therapy, was used to
evaluate pre- to post-training change. Data gathered give strong support
of the effectiveness of this program in promoting actualizing behavior.
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